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Author Guidelines

The Editorial Board of the Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law & Policyinvites the submission of unsolicited manuscripts. JTLP accepts submissions for its Spring and Fall editions electronically by contacting pittjtlp.submissions@gmail.com. JTLP also accepts unsolicited manuscripts via ExpressO for evaluation.

Type of Content:

Submissions may include articles, essays, book reviews, case notes, or comments concerning any aspect of the relationship between technology and the law. If any portion of a manuscript has been previously published, the author should so indicate. On certain scholarly works, the Journal will publish concurrently with another Journal. We welcome any content with a focus on the Pittsburgh region.

Article Format:

Authors may submit manuscripts in electronic or hardcopy form, though electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. Electronic submissions should be sent as attachments in Microsoft Word format topittjtlp.submissions@gmail.com. Authors should submit double-spaced, single-sided manuscripts with generous margins. We regret that submissions cannot be returned. Authors should retain an exact copy of any material submitted. All citations should conform to THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION (Columbia Law Review Ass’n et al. eds., 18th ed. 2005). In addition, the author should include his or her credentials, including full name, degrees earned, academic or professional affiliations, and citations to all previously published legal articles

Submission Procedure and Evaluation Process:

JTLP evaluation lasts approximately four weeks. Once an author receives an offer, JTLP ensures publication in a timely fashion, provided the author is available to communicate frequently with the Journal.

Mailing Address

JTLP highly prefers electronic submissions sent as Microsoft Word attachments to pittjtlp.submissions@gmail.com, but also accepts hardcopy manuscripts sent to:

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

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